Recent Wheat Analysis
Market Commentary: Good Weather Trumps Demand
Markets opened today pretty much where they ended in the overnight and pretty much stayed that way all day, which is to say in the red. And it did so pretty much across the board on lower volume. There was just not any real change in the story of impending big U.S. crops arriving on top of big...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.19/bushel, down $0.0175 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.3825/bushel, down $0.0325 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.21/bushel, down $0.0325 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $281.6/short ton, down $1...
Market Commentary: Turnaround Thursday but Friday is Another Day
Today’s trading opened with a head scratcher after USDA reported 135 KMT of U.S. corn sold to China. There isn’t any corn import demand in China, and if there was it probably would not originate from the U.S. It was quickly corrected to be bound to South Korea. Nonethele...
Export Sales
Export Sales and Shipments for July 11-17, 2025 Wheat: Net sales of 712,200 metric tons (MT) for 2025/2026 were up 44 percent from the previous week and 50 percent from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 761,000 MT were up 76 percent from the previous week and 80 percent from t...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.2075/bushel, up $0.0325 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.415/bushel, up $0.01 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.2425/bushel, up $0.015 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $283.1/short ton, down $2.5 fro...
Further Identification of Mispricing in Ag Futures
WPI offers the following analysis as a continuation of last week’s work examining mispricing opportunities in agricultural futures. Readers may recall that this work seeks to identify for the major agricultural commodities where along the forward curve current futures have the greatest er...
Market Commentary: Trade Deal News Fails to Excite Ag Markets
The CBOT tried to rally early on Wednesday after traders had the opportunity to react to the U.S.-Japan trade deal, but a lack of details left markets wondering about the true impact on U.S. balance sheets. That meant corn, soybeans, and wheat all settled lower for the day, with favorable Midwe...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.175/bushel, down $0.005 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.405/bushel, down $0.09 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.2275/bushel, down $0.0275 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $285.6/short ton, down $1...
Black Sea Regional Analysis
Russian Grain Markets: 14 – 18 July 2025 The new 2025/26 season export market is the driving force behind pricing patterns asking for more goods at the premium price. The southern federal district enjoyed bullish sentiments, while the rest of the country was waking up to what is going on...
Market Commentary: Weather Premia Withdrawn; Trade Talks Make Progress
CBOT futures saw mixed trade Tuesday with summer row crops pulling back amid a favorable Midwest weather forecast while wheat turned higher on slow sales from Russia. Corn and soybeans saw weaker trade develop overnight after the Crop Conditions report was positive and the weather forecasts con...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.18/bushel, down $0.0425 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.495/bushel, up $0.0725 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.255/bushel, down $0.005 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $286.8/short ton, up $2 from...
Middle East, Mediterranean, and Africa Regional Analysis
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region A BRICS spokesman said that in light of the consolidation of companies in the grain trade, “BRICS countries must cooperate in antitrust policy and antitrust legislation” for the international grain trade. The feeling s...
Market Commentary: Grains and Livestock Take Diverging Paths
Grain and oilseed markets pulled back to start the week after favorable showers fell across the U.S. over the weekend. The moisture revived crop prospects and offered a meaningful buffer ahead of some heat that will build over parts of the Midwest this week. The weather outlook was enough to st...
WPI Crop Progress and Conditions App (Updated 21 July)
Update for 28 April 2025: Last year, users pointed out differences between the 5-year averages reported in this app and what USDA estimates in its weekly report. The difference exists because WPI calculates average based on the last 5 years of observations for the current week. In cases where o...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.2225/bushel, down $0.055 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.4225/bushel, down $0.04 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.26/bushel, down $0.0975 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $284.8/short ton, down $4...
Mercosur Regional Analysis
Export Taxes The topic of export taxes continues to spark debate in Argentina, particularly soybean taxes. The return to a 33 percent rate for soybeans has made planting unviable in large parts of the agricultural area. In corn, the increase of 3 percentage points is less impactful, and t...
CFTC COT Report Analysis
Friday’s CFTC report showed managed money shifting into a slightly more bearish stance in the ag space as they added 25,490 contacts (37 percent) to their small net short across all ag futures last week. The more bearish positioning is surprising given the strength in futures that prevail...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.2775/bushel, up $0.0675 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.4625/bushel, up $0.1275 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.3575/bushel, up $0.0925 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $288.8/short ton, up $5.3 f...
Market Commentary: Mostly a Green Finish of a Bullish Week
The market was green across the board in grain and oilseed in the overnight and mostly finished that way in the day session except for soyoil, where profit taking prevailed. It seemed like a hot week for soyoil but after today’s session, it turned out to be corn that had the better week.&...
Export Sales
Export Sales and Shipments for July 4-10, 2025. Wheat: Net sales of 494,400 metric tons (MT) for 2025/2026 were down 13 percent from the previous week, but up 8 percent from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 432,900 MT were down 3 percent from the previous week, but up 7 perce...
Market Commentary: Quirky Day in a Quirky Week
It was a somewhat quirky day as grains took their lumps and soyoil supported beans. There was a new contract low in HRW, low volume trading corn and livestock, but high volume in soyoil. After trading 40,000 contracts, December soymeal settled unchanged, and moving in mere fractions, September...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.21/bushel, down $0.03 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.335/bushel, down $0.0775 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.265/bushel, up $0.06 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $283.5/short ton, up $0 from ye...
Market Commentary: Three-Factor Rally for Soy Complex; Corn Extends Gains
Overnight trade saw short covering and corrective trade in corn, soybeans, and wheat but only the former two markets were able to hold their gains. Soybeans saw a bullish day from the confluence of three factors – the NOPA crush report, fresh “flash” export sales, and Presiden...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.24/bushel, up $0.0425 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.4125/bushel, up $0.0325 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.205/bushel, up $0.1875 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $283.5/short ton, up $4 from y...
Black Sea Regional Analysis
Russian Grain Markets: 7 – 11 July 2025 The export market is drawing all the attention and in the southern (export oriented) regions of Russia, demand and hunger for more business surpass supply, thus bringing prices back to previous levels, sometimes even higher. In some regions where ha...
Market Commentary: Corn Reversal Continues; Weather, Conditions Ratings Sink Soybeans
The big move at the CBOT Tuesday was a 1¾-cent gain in December corn futures – which isn’t much but that the development followed Monday’s bullish reversal is. The strength in new crop corn defies much of the fundamental outlook and suggests traders are sensing somethin...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.1975/bushel, up $0.0175 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.38/bushel, down $0.035 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.0175/bushel, down $0.0525 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $279.5/short ton, down $2...
Middle East, Mediterranean, and Africa Regional Analysis
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Egypt’s annual inflation level is at 14.4 percent in the latest month, down from 16.5 percent the previous month. Egypt’s target for 65 percent self-sufficiency in wheat in 2025 has been revised by the government...
Market Commentary: Corn Posts Bullish Reversal while Soy, Wheat Slip Lower
Monday’s trade at the CBOT was interesting with corn, soybeans, and wheat all rallying off fresh contract or selloff lows overnight, but only corn holding onto those gains by the closing bell. For corn futures, the market seemed to be more focused on the USDA’s ending stocks figure...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.18/bushel, up $0.0575 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.415/bushel, down $0.035 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.07/bushel, down $0.0025 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $281.7/short ton, down $1.9 f...
Mercosur Regional Analysis
Wheat Argentina’s wheat planting is entering its final stage after a weekly advance of 12.7 percentage points at the national level, now covering 91 percent of the projected 6.7 million hectares. Regional progress of about 20 points was seen in areas previously delayed by surface wa...
European Market Analysis
Regional News President Trump announced 30 percent tariffs on imports from the EU effective 1 August even as the EU and U.S. trade negotiations continue. Western Europe saw heavy and mostly beneficial precipitation last week, but a dry trend is now emerging for the region. Last week...
CFTC COT Report Analysis
Friday’s CFTC report showed managed money surprisingly shifting into a more bullish stance across the ag space, though still retaining a small net short. Funds cut 11,700 contacts (14.5 percent) off their small net short across all ag futures last week and now hold relatively neutral posi...
Market Commentary: Bears Resist WASDE Curveballs
U.S. crop growing weather looks near perfect. Even dry parts of Nebraska and northern Illinois have just received good relief rains. The rest of July is cooler and damp, perfect for pollination. The share of the corn crop rated Good/Excellent is 74 percent, and its 66 percent for soybeans. ...
WASDE Wheat - July 2025
USDA’s July 2025 outlook for U.S. wheat is for a 1 bushel per acre increase in average yield to 52.6 bushels per acre. The projection is for U.S. wheat production to increase 8 million bushels to 1,929 million bushels. However, the estimate for U.S. wheat exports is raised by 25 million b...
AP Quant: WASDE Wheat
WPI offers the following PDF of key supply and demand tables and charts relating to the USDA’s latest WASDE report. This is not an all-inclusive compilation of relevant market factors, only those which we feel are of top priority. WPI will seek to expand the offerings in this report and w...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.1225/bushel, down $0.0425 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.45/bushel, down $0.095 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.0725/bushel, down $0.065 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $283.6/short ton, down $1...
Export Sales
Export Sales and Shipments for June 27-July 3, 2025 Wheat: Net sales of 567,800 metric tons (MT) for 2025/2026 were primarily for South Korea (90,000 MT), Japan (70,000 MT), Mexico (55,900 MT), Malaysia (55,000 MT), and the Philippines (54,400 MT) and were partly offset by reductions for the Do...
Market Commentary: Mostly Higher Ahead of Tomorrow’s WASDE
Wheat spent the session mostly higher while corn, soybeans, and soymeal bounced around treading lower but eking out gains later in the action. Part of this was position squaring ahead of tomorrow’s July WASDE report by USDA. It will be a bull/bear square off with any surprise to the bulli...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.165/bushel, up $0.01 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.545/bushel, up $0.075 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.1375/bushel, up $0.065 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $285.3/short ton, up $2.4 from ye...
WPI 20225/26 Grain Outlook: Supplies Outpace Demand Growth
Heading into the USDA’s July WASDE report on Friday, WPI offers our outlook on the 2025/26 U.S. grain balance sheets and the season-average price. The big theme from this effort is that 2025/26 grain supplies will be ample and markets will have to move lower to stimulate enough demand to...
Market Commentary: Soybeans Break Support on Good Weather; Wheat, Corn Bounce off Lows
Weather is king right now for the grain markets and with no serious threat to the silking corn and pod-setting soybean crops, that meant lower trade at the CBOT. Soybeans bore the brunt of the selling for the day with the favorable weather forecast into early August suggesting the crop will set...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.155/bushel, up $0.0125 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.47/bushel, down $0.0075 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.0725/bushel, down $0.1025 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $282.9/short ton, down $1...
Black Sea Regional Analysis
Russian Grain Markets: 30 June – 4 July 2025 During the first week of the new season 2025/26, seasonal price depreciation continued, however, delayed harvesting was helping wheat prices rebound in the south, the Russia’s main export hub. To add fuel to the fire, yields are lower com...
Market Commentary: Corn Hits New Lows while Cattle Hit New Highs
Grains markets came under pressure again on Tuesday with USDA’s positive Crop Conditions report Monday evening reassuring traders and analysts of excellent yield prospects for this year. The report was most bearish corn where ratings hit another five-year seasonal high as the crop is silk...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.1425/bushel, down $0.065 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.4775/bushel, down $0.0075 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.175/bushel, down $0.0325 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $284.3/short ton, down...
Middle East, Mediterranean, and Africa Regional Analysis
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Syria reports that the wheat collected in the North/East region since 5 June is at 282,000 MT. The government adds that the wheat received this year is of lower quality due to low rainfall and high temperatures. Yemeni Houthi rebe...
CFTC COT Report Analysis
Monday’s delayed CFTC report showed managed money traders shifting from a neutral to a more bearish sentiment across the ag space. Funds added 63,000 contacts (360 percent) to their small net short across all ag futures last week and now hold a bearish position of 81,000 contracts short...
Market Commentary: Grains Sink on Ideal Weather; Cattle Rally Despite Feeder Imports Resuming
Grain markets gapped-lower on the Sunday night opening after a weekend of uneventful and favorable weather that was absent of any significant trade news. The weakness continued into the day session with corn and soybeans turning in the biggest losses for the day as the weather outlook continues...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.2075/bushel, down $0.1625 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.485/bushel, down $0.0825 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.2075/bushel, down $0.285 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $285.9/short ton, down...
Mercosur Regional Analysis
Wheat Wheat planting now covers 78.2 percent of Argentina’s projected 6.7 million hectares after a weekly advance of 5.5 percentage points. Fieldwork slowed during the second half of June due to excess moisture from persistent rains, leaving progress 2.5 points behind the five-year...
European Market Analysis
Regional News Romania moved to extend its grain import licensing system for Ukrainian products through the end of 2025. The measure is intended to minimize price and oversupply pressure on Romania’s domestic markets but disrupts the free trade flows arranged in the EU framework earl...
Market Commentary: Mixed Day But a Strong Week, And More Ahead
It was the last trading day of a shorter trading week that provided lots of inputs. It started with the Acreage and Quarterly Stocks reports, which changed little but they did confirm expectations. Weather continues to point toward ample crop supplies. President Trump teased there is a trade de...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.37/bushel, up $0.035 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.5675/bushel, down $0.0725 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.4925/bushel, up $0.0125 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $292.2/short ton, up $1.4 fr...
Market Commentary: Grain Bulls Emerge from Hibernation
Usually, one discusses bears - not bulls - emerging from hibernation, but the somewhat discongruous title of today's report is an accurate image of Wednesday's market activity. The CBOT turned sharply higher at mid-week with corn, the soy complex, wheat, and livestock futures all posting strong...
Summary of Futures
Sep 25 Corn closed at $4.18/bushel, up $0.12 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.64/bushel, up $0.15 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.48/bushel, up $0.2075 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $290.8/short ton, up $3.2 from yester...
Black Sea Regional Analysis
Russian Grain Markets: 23 – 27 June 2025 Grain markets remained slightly bearish because harvesting is ongoing and traditionally with and excess of grains on the market, prices are bearish. However, the first cuts of wheat showed poor results and encouraged farmers to wait and see. The av...
Market Commentary: Cattle Retreat on Import News; Corn Posts New Lows on Midwest Rains
With the June Acreage and Grain Stocks reports past, the CBOT resumed trading its favorite variable for the peak of summer – weather. For Tuesday’s trade, this meant a focus on five-year highs in corn ratings and an excellent outlook for the crop into mid-July at least, which were t...
Summary of Futures
Sep 25 Corn closed at $4.06/bushel, down $0.0325 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.49/bushel, up $0.1075 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.2725/bushel, up $0.0025 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $287.6/short ton, down $1.7 f...
Middle East, Mediterranean, and Africa Regional Analysis
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Egypt is closing several collection centers for this year’s wheat crop due to a drop in available wheat for purchase. At the end of last week, the total government purchases were at a little over 3.9 MMT against the governme...
Market Commentary: Good Weather Trumps Demand
Markets opened today pretty much where they ended in the overnight and pretty much stayed that way all day, which is to say in the red. And it did so pretty much across the board on lower volume. There was just not any real change in the story of impending big U.S. crops arriving on top of big...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.19/bushel, down $0.0175 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.3825/bushel, down $0.0325 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.21/bushel, down $0.0325 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $281.6/short ton, down $1...
Market Commentary: Turnaround Thursday but Friday is Another Day
Today’s trading opened with a head scratcher after USDA reported 135 KMT of U.S. corn sold to China. There isn’t any corn import demand in China, and if there was it probably would not originate from the U.S. It was quickly corrected to be bound to South Korea. Nonethele...
Export Sales
Export Sales and Shipments for July 11-17, 2025 Wheat: Net sales of 712,200 metric tons (MT) for 2025/2026 were up 44 percent from the previous week and 50 percent from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 761,000 MT were up 76 percent from the previous week and 80 percent from t...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.2075/bushel, up $0.0325 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.415/bushel, up $0.01 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.2425/bushel, up $0.015 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $283.1/short ton, down $2.5 fro...
Further Identification of Mispricing in Ag Futures
WPI offers the following analysis as a continuation of last week’s work examining mispricing opportunities in agricultural futures. Readers may recall that this work seeks to identify for the major agricultural commodities where along the forward curve current futures have the greatest er...
Market Commentary: Trade Deal News Fails to Excite Ag Markets
The CBOT tried to rally early on Wednesday after traders had the opportunity to react to the U.S.-Japan trade deal, but a lack of details left markets wondering about the true impact on U.S. balance sheets. That meant corn, soybeans, and wheat all settled lower for the day, with favorable Midwe...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.175/bushel, down $0.005 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.405/bushel, down $0.09 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.2275/bushel, down $0.0275 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $285.6/short ton, down $1...
Black Sea Regional Analysis
Russian Grain Markets: 14 – 18 July 2025 The new 2025/26 season export market is the driving force behind pricing patterns asking for more goods at the premium price. The southern federal district enjoyed bullish sentiments, while the rest of the country was waking up to what is going on...
Market Commentary: Weather Premia Withdrawn; Trade Talks Make Progress
CBOT futures saw mixed trade Tuesday with summer row crops pulling back amid a favorable Midwest weather forecast while wheat turned higher on slow sales from Russia. Corn and soybeans saw weaker trade develop overnight after the Crop Conditions report was positive and the weather forecasts con...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.18/bushel, down $0.0425 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.495/bushel, up $0.0725 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.255/bushel, down $0.005 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $286.8/short ton, up $2 from...
Middle East, Mediterranean, and Africa Regional Analysis
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region A BRICS spokesman said that in light of the consolidation of companies in the grain trade, “BRICS countries must cooperate in antitrust policy and antitrust legislation” for the international grain trade. The feeling s...
Market Commentary: Grains and Livestock Take Diverging Paths
Grain and oilseed markets pulled back to start the week after favorable showers fell across the U.S. over the weekend. The moisture revived crop prospects and offered a meaningful buffer ahead of some heat that will build over parts of the Midwest this week. The weather outlook was enough to st...
WPI Crop Progress and Conditions App (Updated 21 July)
Update for 28 April 2025: Last year, users pointed out differences between the 5-year averages reported in this app and what USDA estimates in its weekly report. The difference exists because WPI calculates average based on the last 5 years of observations for the current week. In cases where o...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.2225/bushel, down $0.055 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.4225/bushel, down $0.04 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.26/bushel, down $0.0975 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $284.8/short ton, down $4...
Mercosur Regional Analysis
Export Taxes The topic of export taxes continues to spark debate in Argentina, particularly soybean taxes. The return to a 33 percent rate for soybeans has made planting unviable in large parts of the agricultural area. In corn, the increase of 3 percentage points is less impactful, and t...
CFTC COT Report Analysis
Friday’s CFTC report showed managed money shifting into a slightly more bearish stance in the ag space as they added 25,490 contacts (37 percent) to their small net short across all ag futures last week. The more bearish positioning is surprising given the strength in futures that prevail...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.2775/bushel, up $0.0675 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.4625/bushel, up $0.1275 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.3575/bushel, up $0.0925 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $288.8/short ton, up $5.3 f...
Market Commentary: Mostly a Green Finish of a Bullish Week
The market was green across the board in grain and oilseed in the overnight and mostly finished that way in the day session except for soyoil, where profit taking prevailed. It seemed like a hot week for soyoil but after today’s session, it turned out to be corn that had the better week.&...
Export Sales
Export Sales and Shipments for July 4-10, 2025. Wheat: Net sales of 494,400 metric tons (MT) for 2025/2026 were down 13 percent from the previous week, but up 8 percent from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 432,900 MT were down 3 percent from the previous week, but up 7 perce...
Market Commentary: Quirky Day in a Quirky Week
It was a somewhat quirky day as grains took their lumps and soyoil supported beans. There was a new contract low in HRW, low volume trading corn and livestock, but high volume in soyoil. After trading 40,000 contracts, December soymeal settled unchanged, and moving in mere fractions, September...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.21/bushel, down $0.03 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.335/bushel, down $0.0775 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.265/bushel, up $0.06 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $283.5/short ton, up $0 from ye...
Market Commentary: Three-Factor Rally for Soy Complex; Corn Extends Gains
Overnight trade saw short covering and corrective trade in corn, soybeans, and wheat but only the former two markets were able to hold their gains. Soybeans saw a bullish day from the confluence of three factors – the NOPA crush report, fresh “flash” export sales, and Presiden...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.24/bushel, up $0.0425 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.4125/bushel, up $0.0325 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.205/bushel, up $0.1875 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $283.5/short ton, up $4 from y...
Black Sea Regional Analysis
Russian Grain Markets: 7 – 11 July 2025 The export market is drawing all the attention and in the southern (export oriented) regions of Russia, demand and hunger for more business surpass supply, thus bringing prices back to previous levels, sometimes even higher. In some regions where ha...
Market Commentary: Corn Reversal Continues; Weather, Conditions Ratings Sink Soybeans
The big move at the CBOT Tuesday was a 1¾-cent gain in December corn futures – which isn’t much but that the development followed Monday’s bullish reversal is. The strength in new crop corn defies much of the fundamental outlook and suggests traders are sensing somethin...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.1975/bushel, up $0.0175 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.38/bushel, down $0.035 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.0175/bushel, down $0.0525 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $279.5/short ton, down $2...
Middle East, Mediterranean, and Africa Regional Analysis
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Egypt’s annual inflation level is at 14.4 percent in the latest month, down from 16.5 percent the previous month. Egypt’s target for 65 percent self-sufficiency in wheat in 2025 has been revised by the government...
Market Commentary: Corn Posts Bullish Reversal while Soy, Wheat Slip Lower
Monday’s trade at the CBOT was interesting with corn, soybeans, and wheat all rallying off fresh contract or selloff lows overnight, but only corn holding onto those gains by the closing bell. For corn futures, the market seemed to be more focused on the USDA’s ending stocks figure...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.18/bushel, up $0.0575 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.415/bushel, down $0.035 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.07/bushel, down $0.0025 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $281.7/short ton, down $1.9 f...
Mercosur Regional Analysis
Wheat Argentina’s wheat planting is entering its final stage after a weekly advance of 12.7 percentage points at the national level, now covering 91 percent of the projected 6.7 million hectares. Regional progress of about 20 points was seen in areas previously delayed by surface wa...
European Market Analysis
Regional News President Trump announced 30 percent tariffs on imports from the EU effective 1 August even as the EU and U.S. trade negotiations continue. Western Europe saw heavy and mostly beneficial precipitation last week, but a dry trend is now emerging for the region. Last week...
CFTC COT Report Analysis
Friday’s CFTC report showed managed money surprisingly shifting into a more bullish stance across the ag space, though still retaining a small net short. Funds cut 11,700 contacts (14.5 percent) off their small net short across all ag futures last week and now hold relatively neutral posi...
Market Commentary: Bears Resist WASDE Curveballs
U.S. crop growing weather looks near perfect. Even dry parts of Nebraska and northern Illinois have just received good relief rains. The rest of July is cooler and damp, perfect for pollination. The share of the corn crop rated Good/Excellent is 74 percent, and its 66 percent for soybeans. ...
WASDE Wheat - July 2025
USDA’s July 2025 outlook for U.S. wheat is for a 1 bushel per acre increase in average yield to 52.6 bushels per acre. The projection is for U.S. wheat production to increase 8 million bushels to 1,929 million bushels. However, the estimate for U.S. wheat exports is raised by 25 million b...
AP Quant: WASDE Wheat
WPI offers the following PDF of key supply and demand tables and charts relating to the USDA’s latest WASDE report. This is not an all-inclusive compilation of relevant market factors, only those which we feel are of top priority. WPI will seek to expand the offerings in this report and w...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.1225/bushel, down $0.0425 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.45/bushel, down $0.095 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.0725/bushel, down $0.065 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $283.6/short ton, down $1...
Export Sales
Export Sales and Shipments for June 27-July 3, 2025 Wheat: Net sales of 567,800 metric tons (MT) for 2025/2026 were primarily for South Korea (90,000 MT), Japan (70,000 MT), Mexico (55,900 MT), Malaysia (55,000 MT), and the Philippines (54,400 MT) and were partly offset by reductions for the Do...
Market Commentary: Mostly Higher Ahead of Tomorrow’s WASDE
Wheat spent the session mostly higher while corn, soybeans, and soymeal bounced around treading lower but eking out gains later in the action. Part of this was position squaring ahead of tomorrow’s July WASDE report by USDA. It will be a bull/bear square off with any surprise to the bulli...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.165/bushel, up $0.01 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.545/bushel, up $0.075 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.1375/bushel, up $0.065 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $285.3/short ton, up $2.4 from ye...
WPI 20225/26 Grain Outlook: Supplies Outpace Demand Growth
Heading into the USDA’s July WASDE report on Friday, WPI offers our outlook on the 2025/26 U.S. grain balance sheets and the season-average price. The big theme from this effort is that 2025/26 grain supplies will be ample and markets will have to move lower to stimulate enough demand to...
Market Commentary: Soybeans Break Support on Good Weather; Wheat, Corn Bounce off Lows
Weather is king right now for the grain markets and with no serious threat to the silking corn and pod-setting soybean crops, that meant lower trade at the CBOT. Soybeans bore the brunt of the selling for the day with the favorable weather forecast into early August suggesting the crop will set...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.155/bushel, up $0.0125 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.47/bushel, down $0.0075 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.0725/bushel, down $0.1025 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $282.9/short ton, down $1...
Black Sea Regional Analysis
Russian Grain Markets: 30 June – 4 July 2025 During the first week of the new season 2025/26, seasonal price depreciation continued, however, delayed harvesting was helping wheat prices rebound in the south, the Russia’s main export hub. To add fuel to the fire, yields are lower com...
Market Commentary: Corn Hits New Lows while Cattle Hit New Highs
Grains markets came under pressure again on Tuesday with USDA’s positive Crop Conditions report Monday evening reassuring traders and analysts of excellent yield prospects for this year. The report was most bearish corn where ratings hit another five-year seasonal high as the crop is silk...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.1425/bushel, down $0.065 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.4775/bushel, down $0.0075 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.175/bushel, down $0.0325 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $284.3/short ton, down...
Middle East, Mediterranean, and Africa Regional Analysis
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Syria reports that the wheat collected in the North/East region since 5 June is at 282,000 MT. The government adds that the wheat received this year is of lower quality due to low rainfall and high temperatures. Yemeni Houthi rebe...
CFTC COT Report Analysis
Monday’s delayed CFTC report showed managed money traders shifting from a neutral to a more bearish sentiment across the ag space. Funds added 63,000 contacts (360 percent) to their small net short across all ag futures last week and now hold a bearish position of 81,000 contracts short...
Market Commentary: Grains Sink on Ideal Weather; Cattle Rally Despite Feeder Imports Resuming
Grain markets gapped-lower on the Sunday night opening after a weekend of uneventful and favorable weather that was absent of any significant trade news. The weakness continued into the day session with corn and soybeans turning in the biggest losses for the day as the weather outlook continues...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.2075/bushel, down $0.1625 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.485/bushel, down $0.0825 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.2075/bushel, down $0.285 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $285.9/short ton, down...
Mercosur Regional Analysis
Wheat Wheat planting now covers 78.2 percent of Argentina’s projected 6.7 million hectares after a weekly advance of 5.5 percentage points. Fieldwork slowed during the second half of June due to excess moisture from persistent rains, leaving progress 2.5 points behind the five-year...
European Market Analysis
Regional News Romania moved to extend its grain import licensing system for Ukrainian products through the end of 2025. The measure is intended to minimize price and oversupply pressure on Romania’s domestic markets but disrupts the free trade flows arranged in the EU framework earl...
Market Commentary: Mixed Day But a Strong Week, And More Ahead
It was the last trading day of a shorter trading week that provided lots of inputs. It started with the Acreage and Quarterly Stocks reports, which changed little but they did confirm expectations. Weather continues to point toward ample crop supplies. President Trump teased there is a trade de...
Summary of Futures
Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.37/bushel, up $0.035 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.5675/bushel, down $0.0725 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.4925/bushel, up $0.0125 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $292.2/short ton, up $1.4 fr...
Market Commentary: Grain Bulls Emerge from Hibernation
Usually, one discusses bears - not bulls - emerging from hibernation, but the somewhat discongruous title of today's report is an accurate image of Wednesday's market activity. The CBOT turned sharply higher at mid-week with corn, the soy complex, wheat, and livestock futures all posting strong...
Summary of Futures
Sep 25 Corn closed at $4.18/bushel, up $0.12 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.64/bushel, up $0.15 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.48/bushel, up $0.2075 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $290.8/short ton, up $3.2 from yester...
Black Sea Regional Analysis
Russian Grain Markets: 23 – 27 June 2025 Grain markets remained slightly bearish because harvesting is ongoing and traditionally with and excess of grains on the market, prices are bearish. However, the first cuts of wheat showed poor results and encouraged farmers to wait and see. The av...
Market Commentary: Cattle Retreat on Import News; Corn Posts New Lows on Midwest Rains
With the June Acreage and Grain Stocks reports past, the CBOT resumed trading its favorite variable for the peak of summer – weather. For Tuesday’s trade, this meant a focus on five-year highs in corn ratings and an excellent outlook for the crop into mid-July at least, which were t...
Summary of Futures
Sep 25 Corn closed at $4.06/bushel, down $0.0325 from yesterday's close. Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.49/bushel, up $0.1075 from yesterday's close. Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.2725/bushel, up $0.0025 from yesterday's close. Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $287.6/short ton, down $1.7 f...
Middle East, Mediterranean, and Africa Regional Analysis
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Egypt is closing several collection centers for this year’s wheat crop due to a drop in available wheat for purchase. At the end of last week, the total government purchases were at a little over 3.9 MMT against the governme...